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CVE-2016-2187
The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.59%
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- redhat
Description
The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.59% · top 52% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- USN-3006-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3004-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3001-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/162f98dea487206d9ab79fc12ed64700667a894d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3005-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 85425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=162f98dea487206d9ab79fc12ed64700667a894d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2997-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3000-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3002-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2996-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1672 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2989-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3007-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3003-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2998-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317017 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .